Good morning. Its 8am in singapore and midnight in london. The World Health Organization has for the first time declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. The number of cases outside china had increased is fold over the past two weeks. In south korea a network of nearly a hundred laboratories has been set up and tests done on more people per capita than anywhere else in the world. Our seoul correspondent laura bicker has had exclusive access to one of the super labs where thousands of tests are being conducted every day. Getting critical patients to hospital as a race against time. They have to be tracked and tested, quickly. So in this battle to contain the contagion, these labs have become the front line. So, because of the safety, we are not going to go into this room. This is where the samples are being opened and prepared. Theyre testing up to 20,000 people a day, more than any other country in the world. A Lesson Learned from bitter experience with previous infectious diseases
Good morning, after a showery end to the week it looks like our weather will settle down a little for the weekend. Nothing too warm to come just yet, we will save that for the end of the week ahead. More details a little later. Its saturday 2 may. Our top story the us authorities have approved the use of an anti viral drug which they believe may help to treat covid 19. Its called remdesivir, and is already used on ebola patients. Here in the uk, the government says it has beaten its target of 100,000 coronavirus tests in england per day but that includes 40,000 home tests being posted out with the results yet to be processed. John mcmanus reports. A moment of hope. Dane hardwick hugging his partner after spending five weeks being treated for the coronavirus at thameside General Hospital. His life, like so many others, saved by an nhs working at near full capacity. But with 27,510 people in the uk now having died with coronavirus, other families are grieving. This is 60 year old Deliver
Or given any notice of a government announcement friday that all hospital staff will have to wear surgical masks from a week on monday. Thousands demonstrated in sydney this saturday against racism. Some treated themselves after having pepper sprayed on them by police. A u turn by the bosses of american football they say they were wrong to ban players from protesting against police brutality. And Prince William reveals hes become a volunteer counsellor on Mental Health. Hello and, if youve justjoined us, welcome to bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im shaun ley with the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Thousands of people have gathered outside parliament in london to demonstrate against racism, as the protests which followed the killing of george floyd, a black american who died after a Police Officer knelt on his neck, continue around the world. The square in front of big ben is packed at one point a minutes silence was held and hundreds of p
Because of the coronavirus, but those pleas have been ignored. We are in a Health Pandemic across the United Kingdom and coronavirus is a deadly virus and of course, i would say to those that want to protest, please dont. And this is the scene live in paris where crowds have gathered to protest. They have gathered outside the us embassy to protest over the death of the black american man, george floyd. A further 204 people in the uk have died in the past 2a hours after testing positive for coronavirus, taking the total in the uk to 40,465 across all settings. Nhs trusts in england say they were not consulted or given any notice of a government announcement friday that all hospital staff will have to wear surgical masks from a week on monday. Thousands demonstrated in sydney saturday against racism. Some treated themselves after having pepper sprayed on them by police. And Prince William reveals hes become a volunteer counsellor on mental health. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Thousands of protesters are assembled in london and in other cities in the uk to protest against racism. With everything that is going on in terms of what is going on in the world, not just in america, but globally, it is our duty to do something. Its been our grandfathers fight, our fathers fight, we do not want it to be our childrens fight and that is why we want to make sure they are a part this. This is the scene right now in Central London. This is any approach parliament square. So many people turned up that police had to close the roads. 15,000 are reported to have gathered in manchester. This is at piccadilly gardens. Across the country, people have ignored government warnings to stay away because of coronavirus. We are in a Health Pandemic across the United Kingdom and coronavirus is a deadly virus and of course, i would say to those that want to protest, please dont. A further 204 people in